Popular Post Tractorman810 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2019 managed to get the piggery roof all finished today, and back i. place, the removable panel is held in place by 4 small neodymium magnets, one in each corner, which holds it down nice and tight against the lower levels, and along the facia boards, as the sheet of panels naturally tried to dry in a slight curve , this ones now all back in place, bar some feed troughs getting made, i think thats it ,once the new barns done i may get back to the breeding unit and re roof that, weather it a bit better, 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 looking very, very good Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 cheers john, nice to get a bit of time on it again, also marked out the timber for something else, and died up a load of sisal ready as well ,nice wheat/barley colour now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 That looks exellent Sean, liking the magnets idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 cheers ted, i keep forgetting i have them, only tiny things so hide well, bit of old metal glued to the underside of the roof panel, job done holds it down nice and flat, i use the same ones for my removable dual wheels and cage wheels, they are strong enough to grip the axel rods through the plastic wheels, these ones are 4mm wide x 2mm deep round ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 The dutch barn is coming along lovely Sean I have added a blog post on dying large quantities of chopped sisal, thought it might be of interest if you're looking at getting some layers of older brown bedding into the pig styes https://modelfarming132.blogspot.com/2018/11/dying-sisal-on-grand-scale.html might particularly be useful for when you do a muck heap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Its already sat drying mate, had already seen it, hopefully making the jig for them later(kids allowing) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Ah, looking forward to seeing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 this is about 3/4 of it, been getting on 36 hours now drying, keep turning it when i remember ,so drying evenly, have plans for the rest else where also started the jig this afternoon ,6bales in one go, not quite to your dimensions, as all the others i have are slightly smaller, so matching to them, hopefully have that finished tonight, and maybe have a test press 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 well the jigs finished,(pics later) and i have just tried a a couple test press’s of one bale ,sadly the cotton she had isnt strong enough to tie a decent knot in the end, even doubled up, so i need to get some stronger stuff, have also learnt not to over pack it,as it gets stuck in the chamber, could be due to it still being a little damp as well, will get some proper pics once i get the new cotton etc but its looking promising, once i can knot it properly they do match the current ones size wise, and look pretty good . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 well the materials dried out now, so had a first go, out of six i put in 3 came out ok, i think the press needs some work, may be make a new one ,as i think the twine is to far apart, to close to the edges, also slightly out of line, biggest issue is tying the knots, its a dam fiddly thing to do, and very hard to get any tension on it as well . so i will trim the top down as well, fat pinkies like mine don't help, out of the 4 in the pic, ones spot on, the others ok, the one to the right is one of the 100 odd french made ones i have 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Sean, I once did a thatched roof so I used plumbers hemp cut up and bundled, I find a dab of loctite and cross the strings over and it does the job, no need for knots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Mixed results with the bales Sean, would it help to have the end of the chamber curved ( concave/convex ) to leave more material on the outside of the bale so it holds the string away from the edges of the bale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Like Ted says, no need for knots. Double wrap the string like when you start tying your laces, pull tight, and dab a little bit of cheap superglue over it, that'll work the same as a knot, and still leave a little knotted bundle when you trim the excess thread. The over lapping of material, letting it burst out of the edges is a tricky one. With the large square bales I have a piece of plasticard the shape of the chamber but 1mm smaller all the way round. I lay out the threads, and then instead of pile straw in straight away, I lay the plasticard sheet over the thread. Push it into the chamber abit, and then load with straw. When the bales tide of push it out of the chamber just enough that the plastic shows through, then slide the plastic out, with the rest of the bale still held in place by the chamber. Then push the bale out. I was largely using it to stop the big bales going round at the end, but it also stopped the string slipping as the thread hooks onto the plastic and isn't pushed to the side. Bit of a long winded post, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 mm some good ideas there, will have to try them, the glue option had crossed my mind anyway. as for the plasticard, insets, i hadn't thought of that one James, if it works for the large, then i guess it would for the smalls, would only need it for the top/ underside anyway, i have a gap on the plunger anyway, so i bit of .5mm slide will be tried next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 had a ponder and after a few cuts, a set of shims, with a couple of notches, and super glue,,alomg with a new way loading them chambers , i think i have got it, now getting 6 out of 6 ,so the wall starts 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 just under 75 made now, but worth it, still got 3 more layers on the front, then find a way to bind them together so i can move them, plus link up the side wall ,prob be foam board rear wall with a small lip at the front and side, well thats the idea at the mo 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 have mounted the base level to the movable wall part now,,rest of the layers will get fixed as i get them done , need to find a weight first to pack them a bit 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 as the wall moves back, the waste bits stay and i will add loose bales in front to simulate it being used 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tractorman810 Posted July 28, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2019 roofing plan b in from mandy, worked as hoped, although a little messy in one spot where the glue failed for some reason, next step find some light green paint for it, also got the cladding finished and first coat of stain on 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tractorman810 Posted August 4, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2019 got home about 3.30 as seeng as it was dry and warm, i decided to mask up and get some roof colour on, was worried it was to light at first, but its dried down to a shade i was aiming for roughly, so once properly dry i can weather it up, also got a second coat of timber weathering on all round now, so agin i can sort areas out and start adding guttering and a-likes to it, may add a light on the front , ot sure just yet 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Dan Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 You did a fantastic job, very nice looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 thanks dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Roof looks good Sean, will look brilliant when you've got it weathered. Is it card? How did you get it curved over the roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 cheers martin, its actually plastic, one that mandy sells, its a bit thinner than some other stuff i had, so it bent a bit easier, plus it adds a bit more strength to the structure as well. i basically superglued one side all the way along(curve to flat side) ,then clamped all the way along it till set, glued the i beams up and bent it half way, again clamp and set, then similar on the last bit, didn't need any heat ,although it may have helped, but being thin i was worried it may deform the ridges if i over did it. https://hltminiatures.com/products/mcd-050-roof-sheet-corrugated-a3-plastic-132-scale-by-minia-cn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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